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Foscam Wireless IP Camera (Refurbished)

Three different resolutions: 960p, 720p, and 640x480: you should buy the cheapest one
Remote viewing and controls including pan, tilt, night vision, motion alerts, two-way audio: play it just right and you’ll never have to be in the same room with your kids again!
The 960p one includes 3x optical zoom
Record to an FTP hosting service (sold separately), or a connected PC (sold separately)
The 720p and 960p can also record to a Micro SD card (yes, wiseguy, sold separately)
Model: FI8910W, FI9821P, FI9826P (the letter I and the numeral 1 freely mingling in the same model numbers! it’s an abomination! WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE LEARN?!?)

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If you gotta get one, get the cheap one.

We’ll level with you about these IP cams. We sell them because you buy them. It’s not that we think they’re so essential. They seem futuristic and fancy and like they have so many possibilities. Really, though, what can you do with them? Baby cam, security cam, nanny cam, maybe pet cam - those are the big functions, and billions of people have lived for thousands of years without any of those. You’ll be just fine without one.

But OK, you’re one of the small minority who need a WiFi cam, or think you do, or (more accurately) feel like you do. We’re happy to exploit that feeling. We’re not here to tell you what you want. Still, something in our discount-addict DNA compels us to be honest about this: you shouldn’t buy the hi-def ones we’re selling.

We’re offering three different Foscam cameras this time. One HD camera with a resolution of 960p, another HD one with a resolution of 720p, and one with the regular old SD resolution of 640x480. Naturally, there’s a commensurate difference in price, with the highest-def one costing more than double the standard-def one. There’s no such thing as a free pixel in this life.

Otherwise, all three cameras offer pretty much the same features: night vision, pan, tilt, motion alerts, remote viewing and control via a web or mobile app. You can record video to an SD card (not included), or a connected computer, or pay separately for a remote recording service. And of course, they all do audio - which, for a baby cam, is probably the most important thing.

Aside from resolution, the one big difference is that the 960p one does optical zoom. That’s why it’s even a little more expensive than it “should be” based strictly on resolution.

Given all that, the higher-definition video doesn’t really matter. The chances that the difference between 960p and 640x480 will make a material difference in the use of the camera is almost zero. You’re not going to bust a bad guy, or catch your cat scratching up the sofa, or whatever in HD any more effectively than in SD. So just buy the cheap one.

Of course, we know some people will still buy the HD ones. Because some people’s personal identities are wrapped in up doing everything the HD way, and these cameras are still a good deal compared to paying full retail price for an HD camera. And there’s that optical zoom on the 960p. Fine, OK, step right up. But take our word for it: the smart money is the kind where more of it stays in your pocket.

Foscam Wireless IP Camera (Refurbished)

If you gotta get one, get the cheap one.

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